Sophie Levy

Meet the Young, Progressive Voter Constituency Budding in Los Angeles’ Persian Jewish Community

By Sophie Levy November 5, 2020

“I used to feel so ostracized, so stigmatized and isolated because of my leftist beliefs…but I don’t feel like a pariah anymore. The network of support I’ve found with other young Persian Jews is small, but it’s really made an immediate difference in our lives. It feels like there’s been a shift in the ground I’m standing on.”

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“Yadet Miad?”: Recollections of Jewish Life in Iran

By Sophie Levy May 8, 2019

This series of graphite illustrations on paper combines images and text from a wide range of sources to pose and address the question: “what does it feel like to remember a place you have never been?”

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